There's a half-baked thought coming from this rambling, but
when Trump won despite polling favoring Hillary in places she outright lost - I heard a guy talking about Jesse Ventura when he won governor of Minnesota. The same thing happened then, exit polls showing that he was getting whipped, because people that were voting for him were embarrassed/ashamed/just didn't want to get scolded. I think Trump supporters now are obviously more vocal, but it really didn't feel like it in 2016 - at least not to that extent.
So if it would hurt your friendships, your job, etc to say you were voting Trump (these being the rest of his voter base that roll conservative regardless) - why would you fess up to it, polls included.
There's a half-baked thought coming from this rambling, but
when Trump won despite polling favoring Hillary in places she outright lost - I heard a guy talking about Jesse Ventura when he won governor of Minnesota. The same thing happened then, exit polls showing that he was getting whipped, because people that were voting for him were embarrassed/ashamed/just didn't want to get scolded. I think Trump supporters now are obviously more vocal, but it really didn't feel like it in 2016 - at least not to that extent.
So if it would hurt your friendships, your job, etc to say you were voting Trump (these being the rest of his voter base that roll conservative regardless) - why would you fess up to it, polls included.
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